in crofton, brad bell, abc 7 news. kimberly: looks like a good monday morning. it was a beautiful night to get outside for a baseball game, paddleboat ride, bike ride, even to color the sidewalk. with a taste of summer this week. meteorologist molly cochran has the first look at the forecast. it is going to heat up. molly: good evening, kimberly. right now we are still in the upper 60's, definitely mild in the d.c. metro, 70's culpeper and fredericksburg. coupled with the warmth, gusty wind. r movingsaw brad's hai in the live shot, and that is because of the wind gusts, 26 manassas, 31 in the d.c. metro. northwesterly winds sticking around with us tonight and into the day tomorrow. overnight lows feeling better compared to last night, mid 40's, low 50's. mostly cloudy skies and quite breezy. withng off the work week highs around average this time of year and plenty of bright sunshine. coming up in my extended forecast, when we are expecting to hit 90 degrees. kimberly? firetrucka charred left behind at a fairfax county fire station. firefighters forced to handle

. >> the event was led by a group called crofton is kind. >> a new jers blank family stora cake in thecond flight attendant came out and confronted the first attendant. they started arguing prompting jetblue to evacuate all the passengers. >> i approached them and i said everything was fine and she said, sir, this does not involve you. when she told me i was being noncompliant then i said ma'am have you been drinking because her behavior normal. >> jetblue released a statement claiming the father refused requests to remove the cake as well as cursing and yelling and making "false accusations about the a crew member's fitness to fly. ." >> ♪ >> 5:51 is the time. we're back with what's hot on the web the stories you're engaged with the most on social media. >> maureen has more. >> microsoft's president is calling for a set of and global rules to be followed in cyber space following the cyber attack. brad smith says it's important that the world's governments do not end good itch in cyber attacks that targets civilian infrastructure. the tech giant ceo says that includes stockpiling flawe

they say these are the may be responsible for hanging this noose at crofton middle school. it was found hanging from a light fixture outside the building. if you can identify these people, call the police. jonathan: two fires under investigation, both that jehovah witnesses halls, both believed to be arsons. they believe that someone he set fire to a hall in arlington come and yesterday similar investigation in falls church. if you have information, the police want to talk to you. nancy: friends and family gathering tonight to honor two men killed in district heights one year ago today. they were shot inside of a in may 2016. a man died at the scene. another man was found shot a short distance from the car. detectives today going door to door to find a new information. no one has been arrested. information to come forward. fathern will lose his and a mother won't lose her son. nancy: the police say this is an active investigation. if you have information, officers want to talk to you. nancy chen, abc 7 news. alison: meanwhile, new developments in a cold case that baffled in

and clear that hate will not be tolerated and that kindness always wins is so a sea of people at crofton middle l school, chalk in hand. the goal was to bring some beauty here. after the ugly act earlier this week. i saw it when i was walking to the bathroom. a lot a winter is in six grade. at first i thought it was just a rope hanging from just a light for some reason, but then i looked closely and i saw what it actually was and i was shocked. she called me twice actually. she wanted me to pick her up from school. is was actually really sad. i wanted to go home, but i didn't go home because like i didn't want them to be happy that we were reacting to it. this is the reaction she and her family wanted to be part of. the fact that my community rejected it the way they did and all showed up on mother's day of all days really makes a difference to me with so much was covered with positive messages and images in less than an hour. down the front of the building, treching around to the back. students will have a lot to look at as they come into school and hopefully this will serve as a remind

investigators say these two men hung the noose from an exterior light fixture at crofton middle school early yesterday morning. a teacher made the discovery just before 11:00 a.m. that same day a immediately removed by a custodian. detectives believe the suspects were able to hang the noose by first gaining access to the roof. if you recognize them, please call police. >> ♪ >> now to a fox5 exclusive regarding hundreds of prince george's county school staff members put on leave over allegations of abuse or misconduct. >> after weeks of requesting to speak with the head of public schools he finally commented on the high number of school staff accused of abuse as well as what the school plans to do moving forward. melanie alnwick live in upper marlboro with the exclusive. mel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, steve and allison. we caught up with dr. kevin maxwell after a school board meeting last night. let's go back a little bit. after the deonte carraway case in which several students were abused for months by the volunteer aide and it seemed that very few people reported their

problem free in crofton. metro is on time except for safetrack. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. thanks erin. coming up on fox5 news morning, shoving and pushing by president trump is trending all over the world this morning. >> and intelligence officials are once again sharing information with their counterparts across the atlantic ocean. >> as we head to break let's take a live look. there it is, that boardwalk in ocean city. the unofficial start to summer is, memorial day weekend, many people headed to the beach. is your weather going to work out? gary will get you informed about that? 5:27 is our time right now, 60 degrees on this friday morning. you're watching fox5 news morning. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ vo: delivering cleaner, reliable energy... creating jobs for our veterans... helping those in need save money on their energy bills. it takes 16,000 dominion energy employees doing the job. and now, dominion energy is investing $15 billion to build and upgrade our electric and natural gas infrastructure... creating jobs now and for the future. across virginia, we're building an economy th

crofton, 6:22 arrival time. 6:29 for annapolis. then they will be out of our area to baltimore southern area at 6:45. there are other fragments. there have been 469 lightning strikes just in this screen for the past 15 minutes. active storm. but it doesn't have the winds necessary or the size of the hail necessary to constitute severe weather. now back to the west. we had a clearing area for several hours that pretty much has been untouched by the previous storms. the new storms are developing ahead of the front. we will continue to grow. warrenton to culpeper. so we won't be surprised if the next ten to 15 minutes we don't get a warning ahead of the storms. later tonight it will move out of the reg everything come to an ends. clearing. breezy weather. westerly wind. for tomorrow it looks nice. partly sunny and breezy. can't rule out a stray shower. the temperatures are 77 degrees. as we head to the memorial day weekend here is the story. we think saturday is partly sunny near 80. 30% chance of isolated shower, thunderstorm in the

investigators say the suspects at crofton middle school.ose yesterday morning. it was removed by a a custodian. >>> maryland governor hogan is expecting to speed up a judge's ruling. yesterday he asked the states attorney general to file a petition which would require the judge to make a decision. lawyers for the state and federal transit agencies want the lawsuit dismissed. the purple line project can secure nearly 900 million in grants without court approval. >> ♪ >> today is the second annual d.c. go-go new music day. today several go-go bands will be releasing new music in honor of go-go legend chuck brown. next year will mark five years since chuck brown passed away. >> chuck brown godfather of go-go definitely missed. >>> find out how you can help decide who the next miss u.s.a. is going to be. >> that sounds like fun. decorated ice skater kwan learns about the end of her marriage on social media. >> all right, we are celebrating mother's day this morning on fox5. as we head to break right now here's a picture of -- more of your pictu

this is going to be in that crofton.probably there right now actually, the leading edge of it, annapolis at 6:31, to glen burnie and ferndale after 6:30. we're watching this heavy storm that's been up through montgomery county, reports of hail and significant hail. in fact lasting about 15, 20 minutes up towards the clarksburg area. looks like it's cleared the 270 area but i'm seeing something else near leads may push into western montgomery county. this is the hail we were tracking. looks like it's diminishing now but it was affecting the olney area. you can see that that tracked right along through the olney area, put some great pictures on twitter from that. up toward frederick heavy rain around interstate 70 to hagerstown and the lightning is another big story. we've got what that big batch associated with our severe storm that is producing about 698 cloud top strikes every 30 minutes or so. all right futurecast. when is this out of here? well, this is actually a current radar looking at our big upper level storm. th

called crofton is kind. >> ♪ >> 7:08. tuck, good morning. >> good morning.t a gorgeous mother's day we had and we'll do it again today. >> perfect. >> bottom line is mid 70's with sunshine and a nice northwest breeze. >> who could ask for anything more? >> yeah, not me. let's get to it. you might be asking for more later this week when we're in the 90's and it's humid. >>> you got to be working outdoors. >> hot, hot, hot. >> sunshine and 70's today. nice and cool overnight. look at your overnight lows about an hour ago but we had lots of 40's early. 51 in baltimore, bwi marshall, 55 at vague fashion. sunshine, that's a weak cold front that came through earlier this morning. see the cloud cover in southeast virginia. sort of reinforcing this nice air pattern here for the afternoon so we're going to be in for a splendid monday. 74 with sunshine this afternoon. great conditions tonight. nice tomorrow. in the 90' thursday and friday. i'll show you the seven day in just a minute. >> thanks tuck. >> uh-huh. >> good morning, erin. >> good morning. 7:08 right now an

an update on a noose incident at crofton middle school..r prout and john haverman, are now facing hate crime charges. on may 11th, a noose was found hanging from an exterior light fixture at the school. the two suspects were arrested the next day, after surveillance video surfaced. brand new developments in that brawl outside the turkish embassy. the video tells the story. the security detail of that country's president - attacking protesters. suzanne kennedy joins us live with what we can expect in the day ahead. developing now- backed up sewage, roaches- all at a school in d-c! we're talking about capitol hill montessori in northeast. meals- are now being cooked away from the school- and delivred to students. the school district says much of this is connected to a broken pipe- and it'll be fixed by the end of the month. for some- that's not enough. parents say they're happy with the education for their parents say they're happy with the education for their kids -- but the school building itself needs reconstructive surgery. a decades long

earlier this weekend anne arrundel police arrested two men who they say hung a noose at crofton middle school. they showed up today to write kind messages to the students. lindsay watts with the story. >>reporter: this is the result of all of those people coming together today. this is what students are going to see as they come into school tomorrow. messages like love never fails and always be happy. these messages stretch all around the building. i've lived in krof ton for eleven years and i know this to be a welcome and inviting and positive community the fact that all of you came out today to spread that message and to make it loud and clear that hate will not be tolerated and that kindness always wins, it's so appreciated. a sea of people at krof ton middle school, chalk in hand. the goal was to bring some beauty here after the ultra letter act. at first i rope hanging from just a light for some reason. but then i looked closely and i saw what it actually was and i was shocked. she called me twice. she wanted to be picked up from school. i was actually really sad. i felt like -- i

captured at crofton middle school before a teacher found a noose hanging from a light. this is the third incident of nooses found on school campuses in our area in just three weeks. news of that incident spread quickly and caused a lot of concern. >> some students were texting their parents to make them aware. parents were calling the school. >> we're hoping our students realize the severity of these incidents and realize they have an impact on members of our community. >> take a look at the suspect. school officials believe the noose was placed on a light after they gained access to the roof at some point on wednesday. call police if you them. >> it is the interview that will likely dominate television and the media today. lester holt's exclusive interview with donald trump. we got to hear his reasons for firing james comey and more of his claim that comey told him three times that he was not under investigation. >> reporter: was it a phone zmaul did you meet face to face? >> i had dinner with him. he wanted to stay on. >> reporter: he asked to stay on? >> that dinner

. >>> when students at crofton middle school went to class this morning, they were greeted with wordskindness. earlier this week anne arundel counsel three police arrested two men for hanging a noose outside the school. then yesterday dozens of people showed up to the event chalk the walk. people were supportive and positive messages in chalk outside the school. event was led by a group called crofton is kind. >>> well it was all about derek jeter at yankees stadium on sunday. the yankees dedicate add black in honor that will be placed in monument park. his grandmother, parents, pregnant wife all joined him. jeter retired back in 2014 aft a 20-year career that inc includ five world series titles. congratulations to you. >>> and finally, our food delivery men and women will sometimes they're heroes for ending our hunger but this please is a deliveryman takes it to an entirely new level. a pizza man saves the day after delivering fooding to stranded passengers on board amtrak train. they were stuck from dc to new york footlerly three years yesterday before replace many train arrives str

he's been arrested in connection with the noose found hanging from a light fixture at crofton middle school. a teacher found it and it was immediately removed. another man, a 19-year-old will be turning himself in any minute now. they both face charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct. surveillance pictures caught them at the school. the principal e-mailed parents and sent a letter home with kids when all this happened on thursday morning. chris lawrence, news4. back to you. >>> danger at the door. new video of a man wanted for attacking a woman inside her home, as we learn how the concierge of another building kept him from possibly committing a crime there moments earlier. >>> and a man who pleads guilty to driving drunk and killing five people is released on bond and then doesn't show up for sentencing today. i' >>> you're watching news4 at 6:00. >> now at 6:30, a woman walking her dog opens the door of her apartment building in arlington. a stranger waits and comes in behind her. police believe it's the same guy who attacked a woman in another building on that same day. news

, that could be a way but everything has to be done differently and work whole.r as a host: john, crofton, maryland, republican. morning. caller: yeah, i got the theession that this thing, $1.1 trillion, had already been passed but apparently it's process. i guess it's a continuing september 30.ough host: we're operating right now, are on in the capitol under a continuing resolution that was passed to give members of congress time to come up with longer term deal. this is the omnibus spending deal that they came together with. and appropriators coming together to negotiate this. they release it overnight. supposed to be voting on this week, voted onen and passed government will stay open passed friday. does that make sense? theer: you're mentioning money that they're operating on right now. and that was just a one-week extension. right? host: yes, sir. caller: to come up with a better budget. well, apparently i heard the guy talk about the tea party, how nothing the tea party wanted is budget and ithis was a member of the tea party. i live in the area. capitol a at the number of times try

. >> two men are in custody tonight charged with hanging a noose at crofton middle school k connor proutn haver man turned hse authorities. they are 19-year-old investigators say they were caught on surveillance cameras yesterday after they hung a noose from the roof of the school. both men are charged with trespassing disorderly conduct and disturbing school operation as. police plan to interview the men and find out why they allegedly did it. >> new at 10:00 the engineer involved in that deadly 2015 amtrak train derailment has been charged with causing the crash. brandon bostian faces involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges days after prosecutors cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing. bostian was the engineer on a train that derailed back in 2015 killing eight people and injuring about 200 others. officials say he accelerated the train to 106 miles per hour which is more than twice the speed limit. >>> developing tonight we're in the midst of the largest cyber extortion attack ever. the global havoc created by hackers next. >> school board members in one county say

two men arrested in connection to a noose found hanging at crofton middle school have been charged with hate crime. connor prout and john mayer man charged yesterday. earlier a tea light fixture. police identified the suspect with the use of surveillance video from the school and they were initially charged with trespassing disturbing school operations and disorderly conduct now also charged with a hate crime. >>> changes coming to the university of maryland campus after bowie state university student was murdered there over the weekend. >> yesterday a moment of reflection was held on the campus in honor of the victim richard collins, iii. the school says the incident has shaken the campus community. our annie yu is live in college park now with the latest. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, aallison and steve. this incident has affected the campus of the university of maryland. this is where the deadly stabbing occurred and there's been an outpouring of support and you mentioned the moment of reflection yesterday. if you look behind me the memorial still sits at the locati

. >> two charges in connection with a noose found hanging at crofton middle school. john ha john hr man. police identified the suspect with the help of surveillance video. >> ♪ >> well, the investigation continues into that deadly terror attack at a concert in manchester, england. >> but reports of leaks out of the united states about that british investigation has put a strain on the relationship between britain and the u.s. fox5's political reporter ronica cleary live with more now. hey, ronica. >> reporter: hey, jim and sarah. well, you know, active investigations, they're treated differently than closed investigations. you always hear it that when an investigation is active, less information, if any information is shared with the public. well, the same is true for the active investigation right now into those manchester terror attacks. so, when news broke that u.s. and officials leaked information to the media about to that uk terror attack,e shary more information with the u.s. about that attack. okay, so, prime minister theresa may she actually made a point to

two men arrested in connection with a noose found hanging at crofton middle school have been chargeda hate crime. connor prout and john mayer man were charged. a teacher found in noose hanging on a light fixture. they were initially charged with trespassing disturbing school operation as and disorderly conduct now each charged with a hate crime. >>> changes coming to the university of maryland campus after a bowie state university student was murdered there over the weekend. >> yesterday a moment of reflection was held on the campus in honor of the victim richard collins. the school says the incident has shaken the campus community. fox5's annie yu is live in college park now with the latest. annie. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you steve and allison. that's right, there's been an outpouring of support from the faculty and students here at the university of maryland and the university president wallace loh says more needs to be done fight hate and create a safer campus. there's still a memorial for lieutenant collins. this is where he was stabbed early saturday morning as he wait

investigators say the suspects in these pictures hung a noose from a light fixture at crofton middleining access to the noose. the teacher discovered the noose yesterday morning. it was removed by a custodian. >>> maryland governor larry hogan hoping to speed up a federal judge's ruling on a.m. lawsuit blocking construction of the planned purple line. yesterday hogan asked the states attorney general to file a petition which would require the judge to make a decision. lawyers for state and federal transit agencies wants the lawsuit dismissed. the purple line project can't secure nearly 900 million in federal grants without court approval. >> today is the second annual d.c. go-go new music day. today several go-go bands will be releasing new music in honor of go-go legend chuck brown. next week will mark five years since chuck brown passed away. >> 5:50 is the time right now. let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on social media with our realtime news tracker. >> first up on what's hot on the web sources say president trump allegedly demanded loya

. >> and this evening, members of the crofton community will get together. this event kicks off at 6:30 and people will spread messages of kindness and tolerance, and it will be written in chalk. in response to a noose found hanging outside a middle school thursday. >>> there's a protest planned outside the federal communications chairman's home in arlington. they're protesting the policy, they net neutrality would limit internet freedom. the initial vote later this week. >>> thousands of bicyclists will be hitting the street for the second annual 20-mile bike ride. a load of roads in dc and parts of arlington will be closed during the ride. of lots was going on yesterday too with the national police week raised, all those events downtown was a mess, continues to be this weekend. >> not a good day to be biking, of course, because of the rain that we had just most of yesterday and caitlin things have turn around quite nicely. >> as we take a live look, we're seeing the sunshine which we haven't seen in quite some time. i believe since wednesday was last time

. >> two men are in custody charged with hanging a noose at crofton middle school.ayer man turned himself into police. they were caught on surveillance tape thursday after they hung a noose from the roof of the school. both men are charged with trespassing disorderly conduct and disturbing school operations. police plan to interview the men and find out why they allegedly did it. >>> fall out continues from the firing of former fbi director james comey and the president issues a warning to the former director. we'll have that story and much more coming up next. >> ♪ >> happening today the search to find a new fbi director is under way. the doj has interviews starting today and president trump fired of course former fbi director james comey earlier this week. four candidates will be interviewed today that may succeed comey. acting fbi director andrew mccabe is one of the candidates and it's been four days since fbi director james comey was fired but we still have more questions than answers as to why. over the past 24 hours the president released a flurry of tweets o

two men arrested in connection to a noose found hanging at crofton middle school have been charged withate crime. connor prout and john, charged yesterday. earlier this month, teacher found the noose hanging on an outdoor light fixture in front of the school. police identified the suspects with the help of surveillance video from the school. they were i trespassing disturbing school operations and disorderly conduct. changes are coming to the university of maryland campus after a bowie state university student was murdered there over the weekend. >> yesterday a moment of reflection held on the campus in honor of the victim richard collins. the school said the incident has certainly shaken the campus community to the point they want to make changes right away. annie yu live in the college park with the latest for us. annie. >> reporter: good morning. as you know there's been an outpouring of support from the university of maryland campus out here in college park, and in addition to that moment of reflection yesterday, we can tell you that the memorial still sits out here at the bus stop

beltsville, working up knife towards laurel and columbia very heavy rain out towards annapolis, bowie, croftonnking of you guys we're watching that line of showers and thunderstorms approaching the bay here. it will get east of us and north of us in the next i'd say 45 minutes to an hour and things will gradually improve around here this afternoon we talk a lot about sin company de washout the worst of it will be during the morning hours. by this afternoon, i don't want to promise a lot of sunshine but how about if we just have scattered showers and clouds around here and relatively humid afternoon temperatures will be in the low to mid 70s. here's your afternoon forecast and again going to warm it up into the 70s but we'll keep scattered showers maybe potential for another rumble of thunder this afternoon. weekend forecast, i've got the details. it look cloudy and cool tomorrow. maybe some rain showers as well. we'll look at that guys. maureen back to you. >> thank you tuck. 9:04. we're following breaking news out of what have have a that's where small cargo plain contracted by ups has crashe